Example sentences of "[conj] in [adj] time [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It estimates that in that time it cut its carbon dioxide emissions by more than 20 per cent . |
| 2 | Meantime , the Brothers exercised , recited litanies , incanted the familiar battle-prayers , meditated , now and then duelled , tested themselves upon algometric pain-meters … and in spare time they scrimshandered the bones of the dead . |
| 3 | Actually , we were probably more technical than we are now , 'cos we had a year 's break between the two bands and in that time we lost all our talent , so we had to start again . |
| 4 | I lasted eighteen months before packing it in , and in that time I saw a lot of disappointed people . |
| 5 | And in that time I became very close to the bunch of desperadoes I 'd first flown out with . |
| 6 | We flew for an hour and in that time I completed a reel of film in my camera . |
| 7 | The whole performance had taken no more than a minute , but in that time he 'd succeeded in turning the Chamber 's table into a fish-market gutter . |
| 8 | Now , I am so thankful I stayed longer , for in this time I had an unforgettable experience . |